The corruption, conspiracies, and battles of the Bushin Festival arc are complete and peace has returned—at least that’s what the members of Shadow Garden believe. But something even more sinister is on the horizon. What it is…the Shadow knows! (Congratulations to the two of you who got that reference.) For a red moon is rising… Read More First Impression: The Eminence in Shadow, Season 2
For the past year, Ryugan Island has been overrun by large, hulking creatures known as “Giant Beasts.” To deal with the creatures and make the island inhabitable again, President Tajima’s small cadre of pilots and staff will exterminate these “pests,” but there’s a problem: their mecha are outdated and overpowered by the largest of the… Read More First Impression: BULLBUSTER
What if today’s rappers had the technology to create illusions and hallucinations to accompany their songs? That is the question explored in Paradox Live THE ANIMATION, where the use of “phantometal” allows performers to do just that! Allen, Anne, and Hajun are high schoolers who make up the leading rap group BAE. After another successful… Read More First Impression: Paradox Live THE ANIMATION
We’re so excited for this week’s column as our reviewers give their thoughts on more than a dozen light novels and manga, including the first volume of I’m Giving the Disgraced Noble Lady I Rescued a Crash Course in Naughtiness in both its adaptations; the second volume of multiple series that we’re following and enjoying;… Read More Reader’s Corner: No Longer Heroine (Vol. 4), Issak (Vol. 2), and I’m Giving the Disgraced Noble Lady I Rescued a Crash Course in Naughtiness (Vol. 1)
All of us have our unusual picks for our favorite characters in anime or games. But for salarywoman Rae, her favorite is maybe a little more unusual than most, as is her dedication to the character. In Rae’s heart, no one exceeds the villainess Claire, and those feelings continue to hold true when Rae is… Read More First Impression: I’m in Love with the Villainess
When you’re a 38-year-old salaryman, you just don’t have all the time in the world to sink into an online game. But no matter the age, gamers still get excited about new releases. So what do you do when the latest greatest VRMMO comes out? Well, in this case, you create a very plain-looking character,… Read More First Impression: A Playthrough of a Certain Dude’s VRMMO Life
As is the case with a lot of detective anime, there’s been a rash of drowning murders in the area over the last nine months, and the higher-ups at the Metropolitan Police Department are getting frustrated. Every able-bodied man is put on the case…except poor Totomaru Isshiki; our eager detective bro is told to take… Read More First Impression: Ron Kamonohashi’s Forbidden Deductions
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